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Posted By: J Levine

I was the poster about Klein, Wilson, Berra, Howard, etc.

No, I was not alive for those players but I could talk your ear off about them. My grandfather was a worker at Santa Anita racetrack in the VIP section for many years and was friends with some of the old timers including the Meusel brothers, L. Waner, Everett Scott, Grimes, and others (mostly west coast players and PCL players). He would sit with me for many afternoons and talk baseball about them and the importance of pitching and fielding, not just hitting. My father also spent most of my youth talking baseball...(my dad still plays in a 30 and over fast pitch leauge(MSBL) here in So. Cal. against guys now half his age--he will be 63 in April).

I am a SABR member and active card collector...

-Joshua

PS Rice killed my Angels and White Sox when I was young...always seemed to get the big hit...granted, he would ground into 2 dps a game but the other two hits killed us.

I think Garvey and Rose should be included as well while I am think about it.